Ornament Making A Cottage Industry
Colored glass ornaments used to come from Germany Czechoslovakia and Poland. When war cut these supplies American glass makers repurposed plants to produce the toys. Mechanical methods soon matched a month of European labor per hour shaping a cottage industry in eastern European mountain villages. The father blows the glass the son removes the piece the mother silveres the inside and the daughter adds paint or decoration.
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Germany
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Japan
Europe
Christmas Rose Legend of the Pink Petaled Gift
A traditional Christmas legend tells of a shepherd girl weeping as the Wise Men travel to honor the Christ Child. An angel appears, scattering white roses that turn pink where the Christ Child’s touch blesses the gift.
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Christ
Christ Child
Elevation of All Land If Flattened to One Height
Hypothetical note explains that leveling all land areas of Earth to a single height would place everyone around half a mile above sea level, illustrating the planet's topographic diversity in simple terms.
Heel of Round Beef Cut for Pot Roast
The heel of round is a tri angular boneless cut weighing 4 to 6 pounds from above the hind shank. It is usually prepared as a moist heat pot roast, browned in lard then braised with a small amount of liquid for 3½ to 4 hours until tender, or cooked in liquid as a stew or boiled dinner with vegetables.
Notice of Sheriff's Sale No. 55783 Texas Grayson County
A 1947 decree in Grayson County Texas provides for foreclosure of the tax lien on delinquent real property assessed to Mary E Payne et al. The judgment totals 404.58 dollars plus interest at 6 percent per year and costs. The State of Texas intervening taxing units recovered the judgment in the 15th Judicial District.
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State of Texas
Grayson
A. D
Grayson County
District Court
15Th Judicial District of Texas
Mary E. Payne
Daytime street noise may impair hearing by a quarter
Encyclopaedia Britannica reports that average daytime street noise on busy American streets can reduce a person’s hearing by about 25 to 33 percent.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
Grayson County Sheriff Sells Mary E Payne Property
Public sale ordered by the district court to satisfy a judgment will occur January 6, 1948, at the Grayson County courthouse. The property includes three tracts totaling about 89 plus acres in the Mahuron and Bragg surveys, set out as parcels for Mary E Payne and others, with redemption rights and tax lien foreclosures. Proceeds will apply to the judgment and costs. Sherman Texas Dec 2 1947.
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District Court
Grayson County
Texas
Mary E. Payne
Thomas Mahuron
Mahuron
S. E
N. E
J. N. Evans
N. W
C. E. Harvey
C. P. Fox
J. M. Evans
M. L. Garrett
C P. Fox
S. W
M. S. McSwain
Maharon
J. P. Garrett
Burge Payne and Garrett
T. J. Bragg
Dorsey
W. P. Coleman
G. W. Lankford
Payne
Caruthers
L. B. Moore
Fred Prestage
Ira Wisely
Sherman
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Edgar A. Guest
Whitewright
Uae
P. O
Cutters
W. C. Caruthers
John Glover
Smith Creek
L. S. Evans’ Field
Burns
Burns E
Bennett Barber Shop
T. W. Ayres & Son Dry Goods
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